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An image of Pangal panel (Two faces) by Unknown

Unknown

(Papua New Guinea)

Title
Pangal panel (Two faces)
Other titles:
Bark painting
Spathe painting (Two faces)
Place of origin
Ambunti Mountains (Waskuk Hills)East Sepik ProvincePapua New Guinea
Cultural origin
Kwoma people
Media category
Painting
Materials used
sago spathe (pangal), mineral pigments: yellow and white on black ground
Dimensions

113.0 x 33.0cm; 12.7 x 5.1cm handle

Credit
Purchased 1963
Accession number
IA6.1963
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973, 46. cat.no. 93

Planters and artists: the roles of leading members of the Kwoma in Papua New Guinea 1972, 1972. For general information about the Kwoma people of the Waskuk Hills.

1963 Acquisitions 1963, 1963, 76. cat.no. 170

Exhibition history (2)

Auction sale of primitive art of Australia, New Guinea, Africa - and a small armoury, Geoff K. Gray Pty. Ltd., 17 Sep 1963–18 Sep 1963.

Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Oct 1974 -.